"But, if it was me, as I done at Blackburn, [and] at Birmingham [during his playing career], it’s wrong, it’s completely and utterly wrong, Philippe Coutinho’s got one chance and this might be his only chance. He might only have one chance, he might not, you [caller] might be 100 per cent correct. But if this is only chance to play with [Luis] Suarez, with [Lionel] Messi, and the fee is astronomical, if it was me I would go into Klopp and say: ‘Listen, I’m not playing again. I’m going to Barcelona, so do what you need to do.’"

Savage then disputed the caller’s claim that Liverpool isn’t the player to take Barcelona back to the top.

He added: “But obviously Barcelona think he is, because he’d be the second most expensive player in the world.”